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Having problems with your Kodak EasyShare C643 Digital Camera ?

Sd card can't be erased because it has been protected.

\015 Have taken many pics and downloaded them elsewhere from my sd card.\015\012This time I went to delete them off sd card and found out that it is protected.\015\012\015\012How do I unprotect this sd card so that I can delete the files?\015

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